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[PERIODICAL] - Kodomo No Kuni コドモノクニ [Land of Children] Vol. 2 #11 October 十Oe一日 第Oe巻 第十一號 大正十Oe 1923
1923. Kodomo no Kuni コドモノクニ [Land of Children] Vol. 2 #11 October 十oe一日 第Oe巻 第十一號 大正十Oe 1923 26.1x 18.6 cm large-format children's full color illustrated magazine on heavy paper. 32pages including outside and inside front and rear wrappers, Japanese text with hiragana, katakana, and furigana and illustrated stories, songs, and poems for children, many double-page.. Colophon on the inside back cover.Color front wrapper art and double-page illustrations. There are illustrations byi、Honda Shtar, Okamoto Kiichi, Takei Takeo, and many others. There are two "flimsy pages", the magazine itself is very good, slightly soiled externally. Remarkable work.. Hard to believe this was a children's magazine, given the aesthetics and high-quality production.. Kodomo no Kuni コドモノクニ [The Land of Children] was the finest children's magazine of the prewar period in Japan. Amazingly long-lived, it was published from 1922 to 1944. There were contributions in each heavily illustrated issue by some of the finest illustrators, painters, and writers of the time. A wonderful artifact at the intersection of high art and popular illustration. In good condition throughout. A lovely work. Has a color page illustrated by a ten-year-old subscriber!.
USD 325.00 [Appr.: EURO 300.5 | £UK 255.5 | JP 50935] Booknumber: 90792
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USD 325.00 [Appr.: EURO 300.5 | £UK 255.5 | JP 50935] Booknumber: 90792
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Total: USD 325.00 [Appr.: EURO 300.5 | £UK 255.5 | JP 50935]
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